SSC
BIOLOGY
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Question
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What are pyrimidines in DNA?
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Types of nucleotides
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Types of base pairs
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Types of sugars
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Types of bases
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Pyrimidine: A nitrogenous base similar to benzene (a six-membered ring) and includes cytosine, thymine, and uracil as bases used for DNA or RNA.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nucleic acids have one of five different types of nucleotide bases. Three are pyrimidines and two purines. The pyrimidine bases are thymine (5-methyl-2, 4-dihydroxypyrimidine), cytosine (2-oxo-4-aminopyrimidine), and uracil (2, 4-dihydroxypyrimidine) (Fig.
Detailed explanation-3: -The pyrimidines in DNA are cytosine and thymine; in RNA, they are cytosine and uracil.
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